mind the congee on the way out

[parttimesoldier]

Who: Kai-un and you!
When: after kitchengate
Where: Kai-un dorm
What: big chilling (maybe) (possibly)
Warnings: tba

Comments

[demonvinegar]

Don't-- [ it comes out as a low growl. his eyes flash red with his demon blood, but

it's already too late. his body is moving on its own to leave.


it would be better if he just left peacefully. but being compelled to do so... even as the door closes behind him, his sheer rage and frustration can be felt as he stops to kick the door with such force that it shakes. ]

[pissandvinegar]

[ shudders, folding an arm behind himself with an unnecessarily forceful flick. glares at the door a moment before turning to Eliza ]

That man is not to be permitted in here.

[bowtiedbones]

[she hesitates like she's moving past an extra skittish horse, but as soon as that door slams she is darting over to LOCK IT.]

No, yeah, um. I'll— I'll make sure the others know. I'll put a note up.

[pissandvinegar]

[ ... relaxes. marginally.

steps out of the way of her locking the door. these door locks are new to him, ]

Be sure that you do.

[bowtiedbones]

[horse might not kick, horse might only bite]

Absolutely. No questions asked. It's your house.

[by her anyways. she can't control what the boys do, but just witnessing that is good enough for her. if your roommate hates someone, don't bring them over!!]

But could I um... Make one, small, important suggestion?

[pissandvinegar]

By all means.

[ not at all a welcoming tone but ]

[bowtiedbones]

Please don't yell the names of people who know your name??

[pissandvinegar]

[ scoffs ]

As if he'll refrain from taking advantage or spreading it around as long as I don't step on his tail?

[bowtiedbones]

[shakes her head]

No, I mean if someone learns his name, then they can make him tell them yours too.

1/3

[pissandvinegar]

[ but I was so caught up in the dread of lbh inevitably ruining my life that for a minute I lived in a world where other people aren't also going to inevitably ruin my life ]

[pissandvinegar]

[ it only takes him a moment - eyes darting all across the common area, taking in the congee, the fact that no one else is around at the moment - ]

[pissandvinegar]

[ and then he seems to collect himself again. a little bit of slack to his shoulders. some softness in the eyes ]

Xiaojie, you are really clever.

I'll tell you something good in return. Don't ever let yourself drink that man's blood.

[bowtiedbones]

[relaxes when he doesn't say something hard-headed or angry. yes, good! respect the risks!]

I wouldn't want to do that anyways... Does it do something?

[...glances at the congee]

[pissandvinegar]

Right now, since he's as disabled as any of us, it wouldn't. In time, if he recovers that ability, he would be able to control it inside your body.

[bowtiedbones]

[mentally measuring out what spell she would need to detect magical blood in food... what's easy and repeatable and still leaves it edible. they still shouldn't waste it... can she teach Tuxie to be a drug-sniffing dragon...]

Gross. How does someone figure out he can do something like that in the first place?

[pissandvinegar]

He's a heavenly demon. It's inherited.

[bowtiedbones]

That's not a demon I've heard of...

But if he's not human, that makes testing the food way easier.

[pissandvinegar]

[ wryly ]

What a relief to know that you have your own method, Eowyn-xiaojie. It seems the talismans I prepared for that purpose won't be of use for some time.

[bowtiedbones]

It's not a tested method. Your talismans are probably way more precise. I don't know heavenly demons, so I can only look for non-human signatures and hope there's no false negatives. There's so many chances for contamination between the kitchen and here. Is the blood active when it's outside of a host's energy field...? What do yours test for? Maybe we can like, engineer your methods onto one of my arrays.

[pissandvinegar]

[ shakes his head ]

This one is also not precise; it only detects the amount of yin energy. That being said, be it due to demon blood, a curse, the taint of the dead, or any other unsavory reason, I wouldn't want to eat food that showed a high result on any such test.

[bowtiedbones]

I don't know what yin energy is, but if I'm just testing for um, anything outside "normal," I can do that. That's easier than checking for a specific contaminant.

[pissandvinegar]

Then we should do that.

[bowtiedbones]

I can’t make talismans, but I’ll talk to Magus too. I think he knows some stuff about ritual carving… If I could put a modified stasis field in a bowl or on a spoon, we could test food without needing me to draw it personally every time. Not that I mind!

[pissandvinegar]

... I'll entrust it to the two of you.

[ do I want to trust Magus with anything? not really ]

[bowtiedbones]

We’ll make sure your food is blood-free.